2 Weeks ago, I was in a minor accident while taking evasive action to avoid becoming part of an SUV's driver side front door.
She decided to gun it out of her driveway to make a left turn across two lanes, directly in front of me. Thankfully, I was able to avoid a full colliosion, but as I got around the front of her car, she clipped my tail and the bike highsided me.
"I didn't see him, officer."
Yes, because I watched as you pulled out looking straight ahead, genius. That's how you kill people.
Thankfully, the bike got the worst of the damage.
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First some mod history on the SV's current setup:
2000 SV650 Naked
• Custom blue retro metal-fleck paint
• Custom decals (under clearcoat)
• Fender delete
• Jetted
• K&N filter
• Micron Race Oval high-mount system
• Spiegler braided brake lines
• RaceTech rebuilt forks
• Suburban Machinery Type 2 Bars (their first generation... 9 years old!)
• Vortex Sprocket | RK Chain
• CRG Bar End Mirrors
• CBR600 replacement R/R
Some shots of the damage:
Hmmm.... i don't remember owning an undertail exhaust setup...
CRG Mirror housing is tough as nails. Scratched badly though.
Here's the marks on the street from the slide. Awesome. :unamused:
Here she is, getting the royal treatment.
So, what to do when you have a motorcycle that needs some disassembly and significant part replacement, but live in a garden apartment without access to a garage?
Setup a shop in your dining room, of course!
Of course, I can't let the neighbors or the super see... so I have sophisticated stealth technology employed.
Time to start disasembling and assesing the damage.
Hmm... this doesn't look right.
Man, this thing is dirty!
After some cleaning...
So, with the tank, tail and front fender off, I can get those over to the body shop for paint prep.
Here's what I've ordered so far, based on what was damaged:
• CRG Folding Mirror (and new folding stem for the existing left side mirror)
• CRG Gold Shorty levers
• Replacement Front & Rear Master Cylinders
• Replacement throttle assembly, toggles and throttle cables
• SVRP Silver Rear Sets (Blair)
• Banjo bolt pressure switch
• M4 Carbon Canister only (Blair) - going to make it work with the existing Micron plumbing
• Driven D3 Grips (gold) and Bar Ends (black)
• Suburban Machinery Type 2 Bars
• Targa Exhaust Shield (my old chrome one looks like poop after 9 years)
She decided to gun it out of her driveway to make a left turn across two lanes, directly in front of me. Thankfully, I was able to avoid a full colliosion, but as I got around the front of her car, she clipped my tail and the bike highsided me.
"I didn't see him, officer."
Yes, because I watched as you pulled out looking straight ahead, genius. That's how you kill people.
Thankfully, the bike got the worst of the damage.
------
First some mod history on the SV's current setup:
2000 SV650 Naked
• Custom blue retro metal-fleck paint
• Custom decals (under clearcoat)
• Fender delete
• Jetted
• K&N filter
• Micron Race Oval high-mount system
• Spiegler braided brake lines
• RaceTech rebuilt forks
• Suburban Machinery Type 2 Bars (their first generation... 9 years old!)
• Vortex Sprocket | RK Chain
• CRG Bar End Mirrors
• CBR600 replacement R/R
Some shots of the damage:
Hmmm.... i don't remember owning an undertail exhaust setup...
CRG Mirror housing is tough as nails. Scratched badly though.
Here's the marks on the street from the slide. Awesome. :unamused:
Here she is, getting the royal treatment.
So, what to do when you have a motorcycle that needs some disassembly and significant part replacement, but live in a garden apartment without access to a garage?
Setup a shop in your dining room, of course!
Of course, I can't let the neighbors or the super see... so I have sophisticated stealth technology employed.
Time to start disasembling and assesing the damage.
Hmm... this doesn't look right.
Man, this thing is dirty!
After some cleaning...
So, with the tank, tail and front fender off, I can get those over to the body shop for paint prep.
Here's what I've ordered so far, based on what was damaged:
• CRG Folding Mirror (and new folding stem for the existing left side mirror)
• CRG Gold Shorty levers
• Replacement Front & Rear Master Cylinders
• Replacement throttle assembly, toggles and throttle cables
• SVRP Silver Rear Sets (Blair)
• Banjo bolt pressure switch
• M4 Carbon Canister only (Blair) - going to make it work with the existing Micron plumbing
• Driven D3 Grips (gold) and Bar Ends (black)
• Suburban Machinery Type 2 Bars
• Targa Exhaust Shield (my old chrome one looks like poop after 9 years)